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Nidalee is close to kassadin in solo queue

- Traps that are stronger than a S3 Void Staff/Last Whisper (40% reductions) and also give vision for 12 seconds. On 18 (10.8@40CDR) sec cooldown, but hey, traps only last for 4 minutes and they have no counter other than walking over them so you should be okay.

- A heal. 190 base, 0.75 AP ratio. Really ****ty, huh? But it also gives 60% aspd buff for 7 secs and its on a 10 (6@40CDR) sec cooldown.

She's a little too strong for BLIND, just based on what she counters, but the same could easily be said about Yorick, Himer, or Urgot as a bot laner, or akali, jax, and rammus top. She can luck into a very ideal situation for her kit through the power of blind pick is all. Kass, on the other hand, LITERALLY cannot be countered by any other champion.

I'd rather play against Kass over Nid. A Nid chucking blind spears is enough to make a teammate worthless in a fight by removing his health bar. She has a good idea where the other team is going to be anyway so why not?

Kassadin is far more annoying for me. When I catch a Nidalee, I can at least force her into a fight and do some damage. For a Kass, when I catch him...he just jump over a wall and I cannot expect to catch him unless I brought something like ghost or flash. Even if I did and caught him, he can still just jump over another wall.

Do I think Nidalee is very strong? Yes
Do I think Nidalee is on the level of Kassadin? No. The lack of AoE slow, silence, and a short cooldown blink still puts Kassadin above her.
Do I think Nidalee should be looked at? Maybe, I rather have Riot focus on Kassadin first.

Edit: That is not to say Riot shouldn't put Nidalee on the bullet board of champions they should look at closer. But first things first, Riot needs to install a "board of champions they should look at closer" for Dominion in their HQ.